Spliceosomal Introns: New Insights into Their Evolution

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Zhaxybayeva, Olga ^a   Gogarten, J Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 0141838143     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.017     Document Type: Review

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